Legal Opinion
Allen v. Likins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1975No. 74-1806PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a former inmate of the Minnesota Correctional Institute for Women, seeks to maintain a class action challenging the constitutionality of a Minnesota statute under which her children were found to be “dependent” on the State of Minnesota and thus subject to the custody of the Blue Earth County Welfare Board.1 Plaintiff asserts that a finding of dependency within the meaning of the statute constitutes a deprivation of a parent’s Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when that determination is based solely on the fact of the parent’s incarceration and when…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by21 opinions
- The Amalgamated Sugar Company and U & I Incorporated v. Bob Bergland, Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Carson v. PierceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Gary T. Bishop v. Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association and Its Chairman, James E. Cooney, in His Official Capacity, Gary T. Bishop v. Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association and Its Chairman, James E. Cooney, in His Official Capacity, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Guggenberger ex rel. Guggenberger v. StateDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2016
- Cass County v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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